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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 311 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should 

confirm that money is not free speech and that corporations are not 

people for purposes of the First Amendment right to make campaign 

contributions by enacting a constitutional amendment overturning the 

decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Citizens United v. Federal 

Election Commission, and should restore the right of Congress and 

the States to impose limits on the amount of expenditures that may 

be made by candidates and others in support of elections for public 

office by enacting a constitutional amendment overturning the decision 

of the Supreme Court in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2015 

Mr. NOLAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

Congress should confirm that money is not free speech 

and that corporations are not people for purposes of 

the First Amendment right to make campaign contributions by enacting a constitutional amendment overturning the decision of the Supreme Court in the case 

of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and 

should restore the right of Congress and the States to 

impose limits on the amount of expenditures that may 

be made by candidates and others in support of elections 

for public office by enacting a constitutional amendment 


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overturning the decision of the Supreme Court in the 

case of Buckley v. Valeo. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO OVERTURN 

3 CITIZENS UNITED DECISION AND COR4 PORATE CITIZENSHIP FOR PURPOSES OF PO5 LITICAL ACTIVITY. 

6 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that, 

7 in order to overturn the decision of the Supreme Court 

8 in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commis9 sion (558 U.S. 310), Congress should enact and the States 

10 should ratify a constitutional amendment providing that 

11 any right of a corporation, other business organization, 

12 or other artificial entity to engage in political activity, in13 cluding the making of contributions and expenditures for 

14 the purpose of influencing an election for public office or 

15 a ballot measure, is not derived from the first amendment 

16 but from the laws of the United States and the States, 

17 and may be exercised only to the extent provided by such 

18 laws. 

19 SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO OVERTURN 

20 BUCKLEY DECISION. 

21 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that, 

22 in order to overturn the decision of the Supreme Court 

23 in the case of Buckley v. Valeo (424 U.S. 1), Congress 

24 should enact and the States should ratify a constitutional 


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1 amendment providing that Congress and the States have 

2 the authority to impose limits on the amount of expendi3 tures that may be made by candidates and others in sup4 port of elections for public office. 

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